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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOiLUME VI NUMBER 37
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 2 19«-
SUB: $1.00 In County, $1.50 Outside
School District
Relief Plan
Passed
The Minnesota legislature in the
closing days of the recent session,
passed a bill sponsored by Senator
ge H- Herreid of this district and
oHier legislators from Northern Min-
r^pita, providing for a school district
I relief fund to provide state assistance for school districts distressed by
I heavy debt.
Under the act as passed, any district having a debt December 31, 1940,
of more tlian 50 percent of its assessed valuation for that year, or over
50 percent of which is owned by the
state or forfeited for taxes would be
I considered a distressed district. Any
iich district having an assessed valu-
IRion of less than $15,000 could apply
I for payment of as much of its debt by
the state as exceeds 33 1-3 percent
I of its valuation. In districts with an
assessed valuation of over $15,000, the
I limit Is somewhat higher. Such a
Idistrict could apply for payment of as
I much of its debt as exceeds 50 per-
|«ent of its valuation.
Application for assistance would be
|passed upon under the bill by the ex-
v^tive council. The council would be
ii^n authority to redeem any debt
Iheld in trust funds at par, and if possible, compromise with other credit-
The council is given authority milder the act to issue five-year certifi-
Icates of indebtedness to carry out its
[provisions, with a limitation that not
Imore than $50,000 miglit be issued for
Liny one year. Purchases of these
I certificates might be made by the
Itafce" board of investment for the trust
Ifunds up to the limit of $250,000. The
[bill provides that until the indebted-
Iness of any school district receiving
[assistance is reduced to lessthan 20
I percent o< its valuation, the school
■board .will have to file with the exe-
jcutlve council each year, a budget of
|i)|Hited receipts and expenditures.
.Action was taken also in the clos-
Ig days of 1 lie session to aid dis-
Fessed scnool districts when the Sen-
l.iif adopted an amendment to the
(pending relief appropriation bill, selling aside $200,000 for aid of distressed school districts.
GARDEN SEEDS WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED IN CASS COUNTY
Eradelphians
Attend Annual
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
TO MEET AT WALKER
[Spring Cleaning
to Start May 2 on
Minn. Roadsides
If your back aches, just think about
U your back aches just to think about
jne and maybe you can help a little,
kSpring houseeleaning will start on
[Slay 12 on the stat-3 highway's 11,300
miles of roadsides. And, as many a
another has had to warn her small
boy to wash windows good, they
have to be cleaned on both sides too.
"WESTERN" FANS!
ALAN
LE MAY'S
New Story
THE SMOKY
YEARS
Against the Texas scene
ftoo rival gangs move
swiftly. Big scale cattle
rustling ... gunplay! The
central figure is Bill Roper,
regarded by many as a
"bad man." But—it may
take a gang to break a
gang.
And Jody Gordon . . •
what oi her? Read this
absorbing "Western"—
♦ ♦ ♦
Serially in This Paper
A meeting of the League of Women
Voters is scheduled for Friday, May
2, at 8 p. m., at the court house in
Walker. Miss Helen Horr, organization secretary, will be present and
will meet all the women interested in
joining the League.
May 3-5-7, are the dates that have
been set aside at the County Agents
office for distribution of garden seeds | jtj mj
to those certified as being eligible by VCnVeHltlOSl 1 tlUFSi
the Cass County Welfare Board.
Those eligible are families with no
cash income or large WPA families- The thirty-sixth annual convention
of 0th district Minnesota Federation
of Women's Clubs was held April 2-1
and 25 at Wadena. Four delegates
from Pine River attended, Mesdames
G. E- Henderson, Alice Amy, Ullie
Dab] and Miss Esther Conzet, represented the local club Thursday.
Highlights of the convention was
an address given by Mrs. L. R. Up-
liam, state president, whose talk was
very enlightening and instructive; a
talk by Mrs. James b. King of St-
Paul, a much traveled woman who
spoke on "Spotlight on South America." Mrs. King has a wealth of knowledge of foreign countries- Mrs. W.
R- Martini of Brainerd sang a group
of solos in the afternoon. The district chorus, under the direction of
Mrs- G. B. Farrell, was greatly enjoyed. A chorus of Wadena high school
girls gave a singing program in the
afternoon. The banquet was held at
6:30. The Friday session covered a
full program of entertainment and instruction but no delegates from here
attended.
ERADELPHIAN CLUB NOTES
The regular meeting of the club
was held at the home of Mrs. Harry
Hill Friday afternoon. Instructive
papers on "Nylon" by Mrs. Oscar
Dahl and "Favorite House Plants" by
Mrs. G. E. Henderson, followed by a
report on the convention by Miss Conzet and Ollie Dahl, made up the days
program.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. A. C. Thompson on
May 9- Members are asked to please
note the change of meeting place-
Funds Supplied
for Fish
Propagation
The Minnesota legislature passed a
measure sponsored by Senator George
Herreid of Cass and Itasca counties,
which will mean much to resort areas
of northern Minnesota, as well as citizens in all parts of the state who are
interested in preservation of Minnesota's supply of fish.
It completed enactment of the bill
introduced earlier in the session, increasing the resident, fishing license
from 50 cents to $1, with the provision the one-half of the "receipts shall
go into a fund for fish hatcheries and
other activities to increase fish propagation. The other half goes into
the general game and fish funds-
LOCAL TALENT TAKES PART
IN PROGRAM LAST SATURDAY
The program sponsored by the PurAsnow Flour company drew a number
of favorable comments- Ellen and
Ella Mae Patton sang a group of
western melodies, accompanied by a
guitar. Arvid Lundin made his debut
over the microphone with his big ac-
cordian, accompanied by Ed. Stein-
dorf and his violin which drew much
applause. Fred Thiesing in his cowboy costume and his guitar, played
and sang a group of numbers. In addition to the home talent, a group of
recordings were played on a turn-table.
Others taking part in the program
were Leota Rounds, Lois Neuberger
and Florence Kline who sang a number of solos-
Harold Hill who has been employed
as a car salesman in Oroville, Calif.,
the past two years, recently purchased
an electrical appliance business and
held his opening April 19.
Mrs. R. E. Johnson returned last
Tuesday from Charleston, W. Virgin*
ia, where she and Mr. Johnson attended the funeral of the latter's father.
Mr. Johnson remained to attend to
business matters.
Weed Control
Meeting at
Armory Fri.
The : nniial meeting for weed control for Cass County, will be held at
tbe Pine River armory, Friday, May
2, at 10 a- m. All township chairmen
are official!* notified to attend this
meeting, tftl mayors and council
chairmen, Bounty commissioners and
the county agent will be present.- All
those interested in weed and seed
work are invited to attend. Similar
meetings will be held at Walker and
Remer. The meeting will be under
the directiaft--. of the Commissioner of
Agriculture&Dairy and Food.
GAMBLE STORE UNDERGOING
REMODELING THIS WEEK
The interior of the Gahible store is
being completely re-modeled- Work
started this week. New lighting fixtures and display racks have been
added and Vails have been re-decorated. A basement entrance will be
built in the front of the store and a
number of items will be moved to display racks in the basement to afford
more room-
PTA to Give
Stephen Foster
Program Mon. Eve
The last regular meeting of the PT
A will be held Monday evening, May 5,
at the school auditorium- A short
meeting summing up tiie business affairs of the year will be followed by
election of officers and installation
services-
A splendid program will round out
the year's activities. Thirteen ladies
from Brainerd, including Mrs. Effie
Waring, will entertain witli a Stephen
Foster program.
A farewell party for faculty members will be held following the program. A free-will offering will be
taken to help cover expenses.
Americanization Day
Program Given -
By Auxiliary
A group of members of Roy Lee
Auxiliary No. 2617, met in the normal training department of the school
Tuesday, to observe Americanization
Day which was Sunday, and gave the
following program:
Advancing of colors by Roy Lee
Auxiliary
History of Americanization Day and
Purpose of Observing it by Mrs- D. L-
Triggs, patriotic instructor and Amen
canism chairman of 6th district.
A copy of "Etiquette of Stars and
Stripes was distributed to each member of the class and instructor, by
Mrs. Jack Knutson and Mrs. Homer
Fraser.
Brief remarks on 'Etiquette to Flag'
by Mrs- Triggs-
Tribute to Flag by Mrs. Otto Haack,
color-bearer of Auxiliary
Respect to Flag by Mrs- Dale Dubbs,
past president Roy Lee Aux.
Presentation of flag to Miss Henderson by Mrs. George Yancey,, president Roy Lee Aux.
Response by Miss Henderson in behalf of normal training department
Pledge to Flag, by entire group
Retiring Colors by Roy Lee Aux.
Annual Report of
Roy Lee Auxiliary 2617
Crews have been instructed to clean
up all rubbish which may have been
deposited, through carelessness, along
roadsides, and to renew the war begun in earnest last year, against advertising or other private signs that
illegally enroach on trunk highway
right-of-ways.
Inexpensive type of signs will be
destroyed in line with the campaign
originated by the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, and other civic organizations, while those of a
valuable nature will be taken down
and left near the site for a limited
length of time, so their owners may
recover them If they so desire.
Members: Regular 25, 1 Gold Star,
1 honorary, 3 members in California
and 1 in Oregon-
Hospital Work for VFW: September, $5 for hospital fund; December 2,
two bedspreads for St. Cloud hospital.
April, $12 to hospital fund.
National Children's Home at Eaton
Rapids, Mich: June, $2 to recreational center; August, $10 for life membership ; October, $1 for Gmas cheer;
December, $1 for Gmas Seals.
Junior Activities: $5 to Backus
Camp Fire Girls, $5 to Pine River Jr.
Band, $5 in prizes for Jr. parade July
•1th, $5 to Backus for Christmas treats
and $5 to Pine" River for Christmas
treats.
Money Raising Projects: May, serv-
lunch at Fiddler's contest; May, sold
Poppies; November, sold lunch at
Turkey Shoot; sold pop and candy
twice weekly and at special skating
parties throughout the year at the
VFW roller-rink.
Americanism Work: Sold 14 flags,
S large and 6 small; 5 flag presentations ; Literature presented: 50 copies
of "Etiquette of Stars and Stripes;" 2
copies of "I Am an American;" sent
4 essays to department of Americanism chairman, first and second
prizes from Pine River and Backus;
Presented awards to winners in both
Pine River and Backus.
Programs sponsored: December,
committee from Auxiliary talked before the H. S. assembly urging students to enter essay contest. March,
program was presented before H. S-
assembly presenting awards in contest
and also copies of "Etiquette of Stars
and Stripes to all contestants and
judges and a desk flag to instructors
in charge of the contest; 2 copies of
"I Am an American" to contestants
tying for third place in a booklet; a
story of the Constitution to Supt.
Haack for his courtesy and cooperation. April 29, Americanization Day
program In normal training department of H. S- Presented "Etiquette
of Stars and Stripes" to all students
and a silk desk flag to instructor in
charge. Flag Quiz, taken up at Auxiliary meetings, presented copies for
6th District Townsend Rally
In Pine River Sunday
Chas. Ingraham completed his Sth
year of employment at Kater's store
this month and plans to take a vacation.
James Evans of South Bend, Wash.,
arrived Wednesday for a short visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Evans.
Cast Selected for
Senior Class
Play
¥The March Heirs" a comedy in 3
acts, will be presented by the senior
class Friday evening, May 16.
You will enjoy this rollicking comedy of a crazy family mad about money. The way they spend grandfathers
money is a scream. Mrs. March, once
a Shakespearian actress, names her
children after Shakespear's characters- They are all pampered. Cordelia is expelled from school and Rosalind is engaged to a young lawyer,
and secretly flirts with the family
chauffeur. Hamlet is a No. 1 glamour
boy and everyone wants grandfather
to die. Attend and see what happens
when they get his money.
The cast includes Earl Heath as
Obediah March, the retired millionaire; June Stoutenburg as Letty, the
daughter-in-law; Perry Burgett as
20-year old Hamlet; Carol Kyllingstad
as Cordelia; Ellen Patton as Rosalind ; Leone Flynn as Henrietta; Dar-
rell Denniston as Bruce Lawrence, the
young lawyer; Eileen Heemstra as
Jane Kenney the stenographer; Wn-
ma Reiter as Madeline Laval tiie night
club singer; Herbert; Miller as Baron
Kurt Dubois; Billy Crawford as Fer-
ber the Butler; Gladys Saunders as
Frieda the maid; Robert Anderson as
Fred the chauffeur: Lorraine Hagen,
Sidney Saunders and Clifford Sechser
make up Cordelia's gang.
The setting is in a living room in a
New York pent-house.
NOTICE
reporters and also to teachers ; printed ten questions in Pine River Journal and county paper each week, with
answers appearing the following
week, with a group of new questions-
Publicity, wonderful response received to requests in papers for displaying flag on all flag days; Pine River
Journal printed "lessons in Etiquette
to the Flag" from mats furnished
from National headquarters.
For benefit of members: September, party honoring Gold Star mothers ; October, party for members moving away and presenting gifts to two
members who moved away; enjoyed
party with VFW on Armistice Day;
Flowers or fruit sent to all sick members in hospitals or hospital cases,
and cheer cards to all others; sympathy cards to all bereaved members;
attended funerals of close relatives
of bereaved members, in a body; helped care for a departed sister's grave;
visited sick whenever possible.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
May 30, assisted VFW with Memorial services in Pine River, Backus
and Longville; July, sent three paid
delegates to department encampment;
September, sent delegate to national
encampment at Los Angeles; June,
sent delegates to*6th district encampment ; visited many other units in the
district; October, attended Pow-Wow
in St. Paul; March, held initiation.
INTERESTING EVENTS
June IS, honored by an official visit
from department officers and presented each with gift- June, Received two
certificates honoring us for donation
of flag.
August 9, Informal visit from Mrs.
Ella Hall, dpartment historian, Pierre,
S. Dak-; August, Amelia Triggs appointed 6th district Americanism
chairman; October, attended dedication of colors of Roy Lee and Sherman Yochum Posts at Longville;
Apill, entertain-'! rherman Yo.-hnni
end Mahlum Hnh-'on Post and A.<:c:'
iary at Joint Installation; PrejTta-
t:on of Past President pin to Florence Sycks; gift of beantlful lovelier
from Wolfrank to Upton for loyalty
to the organization.
The Norwood Cemetery Association
will hold their annual meeting at the
Whitefish school Monday evening,
May 5, at S p. m.
—Mrs. Heath
Joint Installation
of VFW and
Auxiliary Fri.
Sixty people attended the Installation services held by Veterans and
Auxiliary members Friday evening.
Ray Hall and his team from Brainerd conducted the VFW installation,
and Mrs. Helen Hand and her assistants also of Brainerd, installed Auxiliary members-
Inducted into office of the Roy Lee
Post were:
Commander John Norman
Sr. Vive Commander .. Les Shepard
Jr. Vice Commander. .Jack Knutson
Chaplain Dr. R. F. Dingle
Judge Advocate D. L. Triggs
Officer of the Day .. Chas- Rounds
Guard or Sentinel Geo. Sycks
Quartermaster .. Claude Gardner
Adjutant Arthur Aamot
Service Officer Homer Fraser
Legislative Officer ... Geo. Yancey
Color-Bearers ... Severn Randahl
and Arthur Aamot
Bugler E. C- Lembke
Auxiliary Officers:
President Martha Yancey
Sr. Vice President .. Alice Fraser
Jr. Vice President ..Martha Upton
Guard Inez Gardner
Historian Dorothy Dubbs
Patriotic Instructor ..Elsie Norman
Musician Esther Shepard
Color-Bearers Ora Randahl,
Stella Haack, Sadie Robideau and
Musa Aamot
Trustees Dorothy Dubbs, Musa
Aamot and Vera Rounds
Conductress Vera Rounds
Chaplain Elizabeth Knutson
Secretary Florence Sycks
Treasurer Amelia Triggs
A social hour followed Installation
services, at which time D. L- Triggs
Continued on Pag* 4
The local Townsend unit is sponsoring a 6th district rally to be held In
Pine River, Sunday, May 4, at the
school. A special program has been
planned for the afternoon and evening.
The 6th district council meeting
and business session will open at 1:30
p. m., The balance of the afternoon '
and evening will be devoted to speeches and singing. A recess for the supper hour will be called at 5 p. m.
The evening program will begin at
7:30 p. m., with a half-hour baud concert, followed by several vocal and
instrumental numbers- Mr. John A.
Johnson, national representative of
the Townsend movement, will give the
principal address of the day, as the
concluding number. Mr. Johnson is an
outstanding speaker and conies here
highly recommended. Plan to attend
this rally.
Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Carlson
and Mrs. Anglo Volk of 50 Lakes were
luncheon guests of Mrs. Cyrus Hoke
Wednesday.
Elementary
Grades to Give
Operetta May 9
"The Magic Beanstock" an operetta
of nursery rhyme fantasy, will be given at the school auditorium Friday
evening, May 9, at 8 p- m. The fourth,
fifth and sixth grade pupils, under
the direction of Mosses Leone Golz,
Louella Torske and Helen Henry, will
take part in the operetaa. 80 costumed boys and girls will be in the cast.
Highlights of the production include the antics of Juliana the cow,
the dance of the Dutch girls, the Japanese girls' drill, fortune telling,
fierce pirates, the terrible giant and
Henrietta the hen, who lays the golden eggs-
Characters : Jack, Richard Tappe;
Captain Kidd, Wilbur Sevesind ;.lack's
Mother, Donna Fick; Juiliana the
cow, Joe Dingle, Paul King; Announcer, Bruce Cadwell; Gypsies, Janet
Seaton, Wilda Lou Kline, Maxine
Council; Foolemesi the magician, Har
Ian Renn; Blunderbuss, James Witt;
First woman, Phyllis Lumsden; Second woman, Dorothy Shamp, Clara
Yancey, Third woman, Gayle Payne;
Fourth woman, Phyllis Geary; Fifth
woman, Lola McCollough; Sixth woman, Maxine Dubbs; First man, Howard Brant; Second man, Richard Hoff
man; Third man, Gene Maxhimer;
Fourth man, Frances Fraser; Clown,-
Adrian Puttin; Venders, Donald Gard
ner, Marvin Nelson, Thomas Reed;
Pirates, Lawrence Zupon, Donald
Witt, Waldo Kline, Byron Hauggard,
Ronnie Felton, Richard McAllister,
Robert McAllister, Merle Trude;
Beans, Doris Bump, Ruth Horn, Charlotte Anderson, Josephine Arey, Betty
Bump; Dutch Girls, Vera Wright.
Evelyn Turk, Verna Wright, arbara
Cromett, Thora Lavoie, Marlys Wynn,
Dorothy Kinneberg, Patty Neuberger,
Ruth Gard, Norma Peterson; Japanese Girls, Shirley Flynn, Marlys
Schultz, Doris James, Myrna Brant.
Marion Anderson, Alicia Peters, June
Hoffman; English Villagers, Dorothy
Shamp, Jerome O'Brien, Mamie Anderson, Maxine Dubbs, Marjorie Long,
Viola Semmler, Daniel MacKinney,
Glabra Dougherty, Charles Tozier;
Ada Solaskl, Frank Gardner, Dorothy
Haasman, Earl Bell, Frank Krieger,
Vernon Shamp; Monstrosity men, Gilbert Reed, Raymond Claussen, Bobby
Shamp, Vernon Runfield, Lloyd Hyatt, Russell Gardner, Leslie Johnson;
Cowboys, Charles Lyons, Bud Rounds.
Dale Tappe, Frank Ast, Daniel MacKinney, Elyma Patten.
Mothers-Daughters
Banquet at M. E.
Church Thurs.
A Mothers and daughters banquet,
sponsored by the M- E. Sunday school,
will be held at the Church parlors on
Thursday, May 8, at 6 pm. A charge
of 35 cents per plate will be made.
Tickets can be purchased from Mrs-
Otto Haack. An invitation is extended to ereryone.

PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOiLUME VI NUMBER 37
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 2 19«-
SUB: $1.00 In County, $1.50 Outside
School District
Relief Plan
Passed
The Minnesota legislature in the
closing days of the recent session,
passed a bill sponsored by Senator
ge H- Herreid of this district and
oHier legislators from Northern Min-
r^pita, providing for a school district
I relief fund to provide state assistance for school districts distressed by
I heavy debt.
Under the act as passed, any district having a debt December 31, 1940,
of more tlian 50 percent of its assessed valuation for that year, or over
50 percent of which is owned by the
state or forfeited for taxes would be
I considered a distressed district. Any
iich district having an assessed valu-
IRion of less than $15,000 could apply
I for payment of as much of its debt by
the state as exceeds 33 1-3 percent
I of its valuation. In districts with an
assessed valuation of over $15,000, the
I limit Is somewhat higher. Such a
Idistrict could apply for payment of as
I much of its debt as exceeds 50 per-
|«ent of its valuation.
Application for assistance would be
|passed upon under the bill by the ex-
v^tive council. The council would be
ii^n authority to redeem any debt
Iheld in trust funds at par, and if possible, compromise with other credit-
The council is given authority milder the act to issue five-year certifi-
Icates of indebtedness to carry out its
[provisions, with a limitation that not
Imore than $50,000 miglit be issued for
Liny one year. Purchases of these
I certificates might be made by the
Itafce" board of investment for the trust
Ifunds up to the limit of $250,000. The
[bill provides that until the indebted-
Iness of any school district receiving
[assistance is reduced to lessthan 20
I percent o< its valuation, the school
■board .will have to file with the exe-
jcutlve council each year, a budget of
|i)|Hited receipts and expenditures.
.Action was taken also in the clos-
Ig days of 1 lie session to aid dis-
Fessed scnool districts when the Sen-
l.iif adopted an amendment to the
(pending relief appropriation bill, selling aside $200,000 for aid of distressed school districts.
GARDEN SEEDS WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED IN CASS COUNTY
Eradelphians
Attend Annual
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
TO MEET AT WALKER
[Spring Cleaning
to Start May 2 on
Minn. Roadsides
If your back aches, just think about
U your back aches just to think about
jne and maybe you can help a little,
kSpring houseeleaning will start on
[Slay 12 on the stat-3 highway's 11,300
miles of roadsides. And, as many a
another has had to warn her small
boy to wash windows good, they
have to be cleaned on both sides too.
"WESTERN" FANS!
ALAN
LE MAY'S
New Story
THE SMOKY
YEARS
Against the Texas scene
ftoo rival gangs move
swiftly. Big scale cattle
rustling ... gunplay! The
central figure is Bill Roper,
regarded by many as a
"bad man." But—it may
take a gang to break a
gang.
And Jody Gordon . . •
what oi her? Read this
absorbing "Western"—
♦ ♦ ♦
Serially in This Paper
A meeting of the League of Women
Voters is scheduled for Friday, May
2, at 8 p. m., at the court house in
Walker. Miss Helen Horr, organization secretary, will be present and
will meet all the women interested in
joining the League.
May 3-5-7, are the dates that have
been set aside at the County Agents
office for distribution of garden seeds | jtj mj
to those certified as being eligible by VCnVeHltlOSl 1 tlUFSi
the Cass County Welfare Board.
Those eligible are families with no
cash income or large WPA families- The thirty-sixth annual convention
of 0th district Minnesota Federation
of Women's Clubs was held April 2-1
and 25 at Wadena. Four delegates
from Pine River attended, Mesdames
G. E- Henderson, Alice Amy, Ullie
Dab] and Miss Esther Conzet, represented the local club Thursday.
Highlights of the convention was
an address given by Mrs. L. R. Up-
liam, state president, whose talk was
very enlightening and instructive; a
talk by Mrs. James b. King of St-
Paul, a much traveled woman who
spoke on "Spotlight on South America." Mrs. King has a wealth of knowledge of foreign countries- Mrs. W.
R- Martini of Brainerd sang a group
of solos in the afternoon. The district chorus, under the direction of
Mrs- G. B. Farrell, was greatly enjoyed. A chorus of Wadena high school
girls gave a singing program in the
afternoon. The banquet was held at
6:30. The Friday session covered a
full program of entertainment and instruction but no delegates from here
attended.
ERADELPHIAN CLUB NOTES
The regular meeting of the club
was held at the home of Mrs. Harry
Hill Friday afternoon. Instructive
papers on "Nylon" by Mrs. Oscar
Dahl and "Favorite House Plants" by
Mrs. G. E. Henderson, followed by a
report on the convention by Miss Conzet and Ollie Dahl, made up the days
program.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. A. C. Thompson on
May 9- Members are asked to please
note the change of meeting place-
Funds Supplied
for Fish
Propagation
The Minnesota legislature passed a
measure sponsored by Senator George
Herreid of Cass and Itasca counties,
which will mean much to resort areas
of northern Minnesota, as well as citizens in all parts of the state who are
interested in preservation of Minnesota's supply of fish.
It completed enactment of the bill
introduced earlier in the session, increasing the resident, fishing license
from 50 cents to $1, with the provision the one-half of the "receipts shall
go into a fund for fish hatcheries and
other activities to increase fish propagation. The other half goes into
the general game and fish funds-
LOCAL TALENT TAKES PART
IN PROGRAM LAST SATURDAY
The program sponsored by the PurAsnow Flour company drew a number
of favorable comments- Ellen and
Ella Mae Patton sang a group of
western melodies, accompanied by a
guitar. Arvid Lundin made his debut
over the microphone with his big ac-
cordian, accompanied by Ed. Stein-
dorf and his violin which drew much
applause. Fred Thiesing in his cowboy costume and his guitar, played
and sang a group of numbers. In addition to the home talent, a group of
recordings were played on a turn-table.
Others taking part in the program
were Leota Rounds, Lois Neuberger
and Florence Kline who sang a number of solos-
Harold Hill who has been employed
as a car salesman in Oroville, Calif.,
the past two years, recently purchased
an electrical appliance business and
held his opening April 19.
Mrs. R. E. Johnson returned last
Tuesday from Charleston, W. Virgin*
ia, where she and Mr. Johnson attended the funeral of the latter's father.
Mr. Johnson remained to attend to
business matters.
Weed Control
Meeting at
Armory Fri.
The : nniial meeting for weed control for Cass County, will be held at
tbe Pine River armory, Friday, May
2, at 10 a- m. All township chairmen
are official!* notified to attend this
meeting, tftl mayors and council
chairmen, Bounty commissioners and
the county agent will be present.- All
those interested in weed and seed
work are invited to attend. Similar
meetings will be held at Walker and
Remer. The meeting will be under
the directiaft--. of the Commissioner of
Agriculture&Dairy and Food.
GAMBLE STORE UNDERGOING
REMODELING THIS WEEK
The interior of the Gahible store is
being completely re-modeled- Work
started this week. New lighting fixtures and display racks have been
added and Vails have been re-decorated. A basement entrance will be
built in the front of the store and a
number of items will be moved to display racks in the basement to afford
more room-
PTA to Give
Stephen Foster
Program Mon. Eve
The last regular meeting of the PT
A will be held Monday evening, May 5,
at the school auditorium- A short
meeting summing up tiie business affairs of the year will be followed by
election of officers and installation
services-
A splendid program will round out
the year's activities. Thirteen ladies
from Brainerd, including Mrs. Effie
Waring, will entertain witli a Stephen
Foster program.
A farewell party for faculty members will be held following the program. A free-will offering will be
taken to help cover expenses.
Americanization Day
Program Given -
By Auxiliary
A group of members of Roy Lee
Auxiliary No. 2617, met in the normal training department of the school
Tuesday, to observe Americanization
Day which was Sunday, and gave the
following program:
Advancing of colors by Roy Lee
Auxiliary
History of Americanization Day and
Purpose of Observing it by Mrs- D. L-
Triggs, patriotic instructor and Amen
canism chairman of 6th district.
A copy of "Etiquette of Stars and
Stripes was distributed to each member of the class and instructor, by
Mrs. Jack Knutson and Mrs. Homer
Fraser.
Brief remarks on 'Etiquette to Flag'
by Mrs- Triggs-
Tribute to Flag by Mrs. Otto Haack,
color-bearer of Auxiliary
Respect to Flag by Mrs- Dale Dubbs,
past president Roy Lee Aux.
Presentation of flag to Miss Henderson by Mrs. George Yancey,, president Roy Lee Aux.
Response by Miss Henderson in behalf of normal training department
Pledge to Flag, by entire group
Retiring Colors by Roy Lee Aux.
Annual Report of
Roy Lee Auxiliary 2617
Crews have been instructed to clean
up all rubbish which may have been
deposited, through carelessness, along
roadsides, and to renew the war begun in earnest last year, against advertising or other private signs that
illegally enroach on trunk highway
right-of-ways.
Inexpensive type of signs will be
destroyed in line with the campaign
originated by the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, and other civic organizations, while those of a
valuable nature will be taken down
and left near the site for a limited
length of time, so their owners may
recover them If they so desire.
Members: Regular 25, 1 Gold Star,
1 honorary, 3 members in California
and 1 in Oregon-
Hospital Work for VFW: September, $5 for hospital fund; December 2,
two bedspreads for St. Cloud hospital.
April, $12 to hospital fund.
National Children's Home at Eaton
Rapids, Mich: June, $2 to recreational center; August, $10 for life membership ; October, $1 for Gmas cheer;
December, $1 for Gmas Seals.
Junior Activities: $5 to Backus
Camp Fire Girls, $5 to Pine River Jr.
Band, $5 in prizes for Jr. parade July
•1th, $5 to Backus for Christmas treats
and $5 to Pine" River for Christmas
treats.
Money Raising Projects: May, serv-
lunch at Fiddler's contest; May, sold
Poppies; November, sold lunch at
Turkey Shoot; sold pop and candy
twice weekly and at special skating
parties throughout the year at the
VFW roller-rink.
Americanism Work: Sold 14 flags,
S large and 6 small; 5 flag presentations ; Literature presented: 50 copies
of "Etiquette of Stars and Stripes;" 2
copies of "I Am an American;" sent
4 essays to department of Americanism chairman, first and second
prizes from Pine River and Backus;
Presented awards to winners in both
Pine River and Backus.
Programs sponsored: December,
committee from Auxiliary talked before the H. S. assembly urging students to enter essay contest. March,
program was presented before H. S-
assembly presenting awards in contest
and also copies of "Etiquette of Stars
and Stripes to all contestants and
judges and a desk flag to instructors
in charge of the contest; 2 copies of
"I Am an American" to contestants
tying for third place in a booklet; a
story of the Constitution to Supt.
Haack for his courtesy and cooperation. April 29, Americanization Day
program In normal training department of H. S- Presented "Etiquette
of Stars and Stripes" to all students
and a silk desk flag to instructor in
charge. Flag Quiz, taken up at Auxiliary meetings, presented copies for
6th District Townsend Rally
In Pine River Sunday
Chas. Ingraham completed his Sth
year of employment at Kater's store
this month and plans to take a vacation.
James Evans of South Bend, Wash.,
arrived Wednesday for a short visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Evans.
Cast Selected for
Senior Class
Play
¥The March Heirs" a comedy in 3
acts, will be presented by the senior
class Friday evening, May 16.
You will enjoy this rollicking comedy of a crazy family mad about money. The way they spend grandfathers
money is a scream. Mrs. March, once
a Shakespearian actress, names her
children after Shakespear's characters- They are all pampered. Cordelia is expelled from school and Rosalind is engaged to a young lawyer,
and secretly flirts with the family
chauffeur. Hamlet is a No. 1 glamour
boy and everyone wants grandfather
to die. Attend and see what happens
when they get his money.
The cast includes Earl Heath as
Obediah March, the retired millionaire; June Stoutenburg as Letty, the
daughter-in-law; Perry Burgett as
20-year old Hamlet; Carol Kyllingstad
as Cordelia; Ellen Patton as Rosalind ; Leone Flynn as Henrietta; Dar-
rell Denniston as Bruce Lawrence, the
young lawyer; Eileen Heemstra as
Jane Kenney the stenographer; Wn-
ma Reiter as Madeline Laval tiie night
club singer; Herbert; Miller as Baron
Kurt Dubois; Billy Crawford as Fer-
ber the Butler; Gladys Saunders as
Frieda the maid; Robert Anderson as
Fred the chauffeur: Lorraine Hagen,
Sidney Saunders and Clifford Sechser
make up Cordelia's gang.
The setting is in a living room in a
New York pent-house.
NOTICE
reporters and also to teachers ; printed ten questions in Pine River Journal and county paper each week, with
answers appearing the following
week, with a group of new questions-
Publicity, wonderful response received to requests in papers for displaying flag on all flag days; Pine River
Journal printed "lessons in Etiquette
to the Flag" from mats furnished
from National headquarters.
For benefit of members: September, party honoring Gold Star mothers ; October, party for members moving away and presenting gifts to two
members who moved away; enjoyed
party with VFW on Armistice Day;
Flowers or fruit sent to all sick members in hospitals or hospital cases,
and cheer cards to all others; sympathy cards to all bereaved members;
attended funerals of close relatives
of bereaved members, in a body; helped care for a departed sister's grave;
visited sick whenever possible.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
May 30, assisted VFW with Memorial services in Pine River, Backus
and Longville; July, sent three paid
delegates to department encampment;
September, sent delegate to national
encampment at Los Angeles; June,
sent delegates to*6th district encampment ; visited many other units in the
district; October, attended Pow-Wow
in St. Paul; March, held initiation.
INTERESTING EVENTS
June IS, honored by an official visit
from department officers and presented each with gift- June, Received two
certificates honoring us for donation
of flag.
August 9, Informal visit from Mrs.
Ella Hall, dpartment historian, Pierre,
S. Dak-; August, Amelia Triggs appointed 6th district Americanism
chairman; October, attended dedication of colors of Roy Lee and Sherman Yochum Posts at Longville;
Apill, entertain-'! rherman Yo.-hnni
end Mahlum Hnh-'on Post and A.